West Indies cricketer Darren Sammy has called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) and cricket boards to speak out against racial discrimination in the United States. In his response to the racist incidents in the United States on Twitter, Darren Sammy said that the ICC and other cricket boards do not see what is happening to us. Darren Sammy asked ...

By Akhtar ali khanThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to lay off unnecessary and inactive staff. According to the PCB, employees will be fired from other departments as well. Pakistan Cricket Board has started firing its employees. In the first phase, five lower grade helpers and office boys were fired. At a time when the corona virus is having ...

London by Zahid Noor The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has today announced that Hampshire’s Ageas Bowl and Lancashire’s Emirates Old Trafford will host England Men’s Test series against West Indies if international cricket returns behind closed doors in July. The West Indies squad will arrive in the UK on Tuesday 9 June, travelling to Emirates Old Trafford for quarantining ...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has agreed to extend until 1 August 2020 the deadline for the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) to verify the eligibility of all 4.0 and 4.5 class players set to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.In January 2020, the IPC announced that the IWBF was non-compliant with the IPC ...

Andy Murray will play in a tournament organised by brother Jamie that will raise money for NHS Charities Together.‘Schroders Battle of the Brits’ will take place behind closed doors at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton from 23-28 June.The tournament, which will have singles and doubles champions, will feature the likes of Kyle Edmund and Dan Evans and will be ...

Roger Federer is the first tennis player to top the annual Forbes list of the world’s highest paid athletes, overtaking footballer Lionel Messi.Federer, 38, moved up four places after earning £86.2m in the past year – about £81m of it in endorsements.Cristiano Ronaldo (£85m), Messi (£84m) and Neymar (£77.5m) come next, while American basketball player LeBron James (£71.5m) completes the ...

England have named 14 uncapped players in a group of 55 that have been asked to return to training in preparation for a revamped international summer.Reece Topley, who has not played for England in four years after a long struggle with injury, is also included.England are likely to need to separate Test and limited-overs squads to cope with a congested ...

Coronavirus replacements could be allowed in England’s summer Test series against West Indies and Pakistan.The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is in talks with the International Cricket Council (ICC) over changes to the playing conditions.This month the ICC revealed plans to ban the use of saliva to shine the ball amid the coronavirus pandemic.Currently, the only reason a player ...

The World Team Tennis (WTT) season, set to feature Grand Slam champions Sloane Stephens and Sofia Kenin, will begin on 5 July.About 500 fans will be able attend the matches, held at a 2,500-capacity court in Greenbrier, in the United States.“The overwhelming feedback is players want to play and are comfortable doing so in a safe environment,” said WTT chief ...

Captain Eoin Morgan says it needs “more time” before Alex Hales returns to the England side, saying he could have “derailed” last year’s World Cup bid.Hales has not played for England since being removed from the World Cup squad in May 2019 for an “off-field incident” – reportedly failing a drugs test.England will next week name a training squad of ...